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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 09-01-2014 and time 21:44:47 (Italy) in region 3 km S Ricigliano (SA)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Ricigliano (SA), on

  • 09-01-2014 20:44:47 (UTC)
  • 09-01-2014 21:44:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 40.6460, 15.4760 at 17 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Ricigliano SA 3 1144 1144
Balvano PZ 3 1830 2974
Romagnano al Monte SA 4 368 3342
Vietri di Potenza PZ 6 2832 6174
Salvitelle SA 6 560 6734
San Gregorio Magno SA 7 4286 11020
Caggiano SA 9 2765 13785
Buccino SA 9 5047 18832
Auletta SA 11 2336 21168
Savoia di Lucania PZ 11 1127 22295
Baragiano PZ 11 2671 24966
Pertosa SA 12 690 25656
Muro Lucano PZ 12 5497 31153
Sant'Angelo Le Fratte PZ 13 1429 32582
Picerno PZ 14 5985 38567
Bella PZ 14 5171 43738
Polla SA 15 5279 49017
Petina SA 15 1159 50176
Palomonte SA 16 3985 54161
Castelgrande PZ 16 943 55104
Sicignano degli Alburni SA 17 3519 58623
Satriano di Lucania PZ 18 2374 60997
Colliano SA 18 3638 64635
Tito PZ 18 7332 71967
Ruoti PZ 19 3579 75546
Sant'Arsenio SA 19 2815 78361
Contursi Terme SA 20 3394 81755

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km W of Potenza (67122 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Battipaglia (50786 inhabitants)
61 Km E of Salerno (135261 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Avellino (54857 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Cava de' Tirreni (53659 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Cerignola (58396 inhabitants)
79 Km SE of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Scafati (50787 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Castellammare di Stabia (66466 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Altamura (70396 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Andria (100440 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Matera (60436 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Torre del Greco (86275 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Portici (55274 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Ercolano (53709 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Acerra (59573 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 0.8 2014-01-09
20:44:47		 40.6455 15.4762 17 2015-09-21
09:33:08		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 8494151
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-01-09 20:44:47 ± 0.22
Latitude 40.6455 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.4762 ± 0.0154
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 8494151

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1276
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 481
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 92
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1280.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 197
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11152
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35253
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8494151
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-24 09:49:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2014-01-09T20:45:00.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 202 39.1275 103 0.46 66
IV.MCRV.HHE. 2014-01-09T20:44:58.34 1.0 undecidable manual S 301 30.0477 109 0.15 24
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2014-01-09T20:44:56.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 220 22.5552 117 -0.14 72
IV.SNAL.HHE. 2014-01-09T20:44:54.62 0.6 undecidable manual P 324 38.3283 104 -0.25 45
IV.CMPR.HHZ. 2014-01-09T20:44:54.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 39.1275 103 -0.14 94
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2014-01-09T20:44:54.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 5 12.3765 138 0.11 74
IV.MCRV.HHE. 2014-01-09T20:44:53.96 0.6 undecidable manual P 301 30.0477 109 0.32 46
IV.CDRU.HHZ. 2014-01-09T20:44:52.43 0.1 positive manual P 220 22.5552 117 -0.15 96
IV.MRLC.HHZ. 2014-01-09T20:44:51.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 5 12.3765 138 -0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CDRU.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000289 0.46 AML other m 2014-01-09T20:44:56.74
IV.CDRU.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00006745 0.22 AML other m 2014-01-09T20:44:56.76
IV.MRLC.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000493 1.56 AML other m 2014-01-09T20:44:54.97
IV.MRLC.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000438 0.42 AML other m 2014-01-09T20:44:55.03
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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